'''Bodfari''' is a village, community and ecclesiastical parish on the banks of the Afon Chwiler in [[Denbighshire]], [[Wales]].

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Before 1974 the village was in the historic county of Flintshire and, between 1874 and 1996 in the county of Clwyd. In 1996 it became part of the modern county of Denbighshire.

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The ecclesiastical parish contains the townships of '''Bodfari''', in historic Flintshire, and '''Aberwheeler''' (Welsh: '''Aberchwiler'''), in historic Denbighshire.

=== History ===

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"This place is, from its name, supposed to have been the Roman station Varis, and the opinion has been in some degree confirmed by the recent discovery of urns, ornaments, fragments of weapons, and other relics of Roman antiquity, in the grounds of Pontrifith, and some coins near the junctions of the rivers Clwyd and Whielor, the supposed site of the Roman station." [ A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, S. Lewis, 1834]&nbsp; The parish contains the townships of Bodfari (old Flintshire) and Aberwheeler (old Denbighshire). For more information, see [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/FLN/Bodfari/index.html Bodfari, Flintshire, at genuki.org.uk]

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In 1834: "This place is, from its name, supposed to have been the Roman station Varis, and the opinion has been in some degree confirmed by the recent discovery of urns, ornaments, fragments of weapons, and other relics of Roman antiquity, in the grounds of Pontrifith, and some coins near the junctions of the rivers Clwyd and Whielor, the supposed site of the Roman station." [A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, S. Lewis, 1834].

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For more information on Bodfari see:[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/FLN/Bodfari/index.html Genuki - Bodfari]

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History

In 1834: "This place is, from its name, supposed to have been the Roman station Varis, and the opinion has been in some degree confirmed by the recent discovery of urns, ornaments, fragments of weapons, and other relics of Roman antiquity, in the grounds of Pontrifith, and some coins near the junctions of the rivers Clwyd and Whielor, the supposed site of the Roman station." [A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, S. Lewis, 1834].